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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 191- 243.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near the end of the wedding feast, what does Taita discover about Pharaoh's personality?
(a) He is incapable of loving anyone other than himself.
(b) He is a kind man.
(c) He is a lewd man.
(d) He is a heartless man.

2. What does Shufti the baron offer Tanus in return for twenty of his "slave girls"?
(a) A shrike bird feather.
(b) A letter of safe passage.
(c) A thousand gold rings.
(d) His protection.

3. What does Lostris ask from her father for a wedding gift?
(a) Tanus.
(b) One hundred feddan of prime land.
(c) Taita.
(d) Five thousand gold rings.

4. What gives Taita the right to speak sharply to Tanus when he and Lostris board the Breath of Horus?
(a) He was once Tanus's tutor.
(b) He is Tanus's cousin.
(c) Tanus was rude to him first.
(d) Tanus is a lowly soldier.

5. After Lostris disappears from the festivities on the shore, where does Taita find her?
(a) In Tanus's tent with him.
(b) In her own tent with Tanus.
(c) In Hapi's temple with Tanus.
(d) In the ship's stronghold.

Short Answer Questions

1. During her feast to celebrate Taita, what gift does Lostris try to give him?

2. Why is Taita nervous about the pageant at the end of the festival?

3. What body parts are left inside a man when he is embalmed?

4. Why do Taita and Tanus kill six Shrikes on the road?

5. After Taita witnesses the lovers' kiss, what does Lostris demand of him?

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